The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-07-02

here. where have taken little bite,
and II is good. Our folks will like it,
ANYWAY. because baked it. O, dear,
there are my potatoes boiling over.
And away the jubilant young thing
scampers to see about the potatoes she
had cut into balls and dice to make |
them pretty when served in cream
sauce. On the polished range are
grouped kettles large and small, with
the contents bubbling lively tune and
giving forth a most delicious odor.
While the girls wait for the cooking
they watch the process of bread. and
roll-making going on at the kitchen
table. The bread had been set in the
morning by one Of the members OF the
ladies' class, for Mrs. Riley has wealthy
pupils as well as working ones. and the
sewing girls of the evening class knead
and cut it into different shapes to make
Parker House Boston, You know)
finger and crescent rolls and shaping
round loaves. The whole class watch,
and such EXPLANATIONS as ''There, Car
RE, you got that one just lovely or
20. those remind me of the mud cakes
we used to make in the back yard at
homer are frequently heard. The gay
little milIiner declares Carrie is making
a whole family out of the dough, from
Father and Mother Dough down to the
twins, but while the girls chatter the
kneading goes on under the watcnful
eve and careful directions of the teacher.
sMiss o. asks the Professor OF
Cookery, twill you please watch that
fire and not let it 60 out. as the fire-
tender did last week while the cooking
was going on, thereby spelling the
whole lesson?" Miss o. flies at the
fire in true womanly style, and soon
the chatter and clatter Of tongues,
kettles, pans and spoons begin with re-
newed vigor, for now the brisk fire has
done its work and the master OF cere-
monies, after peep or two under lids,
decides that the cooking is finished and
that the pots may be lifted.
The young woman who has the fish in
charge lifts the wire basket it had boiled
in, and. after carefully removing the
skin, places the fish on the range again,
where it will keep warm until she has
made the drawn butter sauce to pour
overit The bread and rolls are by this
time ready for the oven. The eggs are
poached for the poached eggs on toast,
the fire tender of the evening being
elated over her final success in properly
breaking an egg after having scored
two or three failures. 1t seems small
thing to do. but she could not do it righ1
until after the third trial.
Now comes the finishing touches
Sauces are prepared and poured ovel
the vegetables and buildings, and will
pride and eagerness theyoung cooks 81
down to enjoy the new experience o
eating food prepared with their owl
hands. The simple dishes are eater
with much smacking of lips and trading
of .'tastes," and during the feast o
samples one has an opportunity to oh
serve that the pupils are generou
enough to praise one another's skill AM
; not at all fastidious about licking fron
each others spoons.
Each girl pays ten cents lesson
and she gets the benefit OF what
, taught the Others" said the now tire
. instructress, seating herself in her coz
!. little parlor. s.They are always enthu
3 siastic in their work. Many of th
J girls are learning to cook for the ne'
!, homes which they expect to enter b
: fore long as brides Some, though
: tired of restaurant lunches and prizes
take this way out of the difficulty an
declare themselves delighted with tn
!, success they have in their rooms ties
8 ing the rules they have learned her
{ : the novelty Of getting their own mea
1 giving them pleasure and recreation
! and also taking off a considerable lit
: sum from their weekly expenses.
4 ..Besides the working girls, we hal
: classes which are composed of many
j the wealthiest and most refined ladi
q in the city. and they are equally
e eager to learn to cook as the other
,e partly, suppose, because it is Il
q latest fashionable craze.
e. The school of cookery and hous
nj work was the outgrowth Of the sm'
70 beginnings Of the kitchen garde
started some years ago by the Kitch
H. Garden Association, and designed
a children from ten to twelve years
err age. The children are instructed wi
mt toy utensils how to perform all the d
n ties Of well kept house. Little be
or furnished complete with mattress
n sheets. blankets and pillows are us
nd to teach them how to make beds. 7
tubs with washboards and bag
a dolls clothes are given each pupil, a
of with these she learns how to do lal
a dry work. At an exhibition given
!. few weeka AGO these little girls WI